“If California is serious about making desalination part of its water strategy, it has to untangle a review process that includes the local water board, State Lands Commission, California Coastal Commission, and local governments, advocates said… ‘The current Ocean Plan is just unworkable,’ California Coastkeeper Alliance Executive Director Sean Bothwell said. ‘There are too many loopholes and ambiguity.’ Bothwell pressed for districts to use recycled water, which he said is half the cost of desalination and uses one-third of the energy.” Read more on Bloomberg Environment…